As part of his tour of Scotland, Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement, visited Edinburgh on Saturday, 19th March. He attended a luncheon at the City Chambers with the Lord Provost, members of the Town Council, and other local dignitaries. In his speech, the Lord Provost remarked that the movement had “caught on in a remarkable degree throughout the whole of Scotland,” and expressed his belief that it would “turn out a better generation of men - morally, mentally, and physically.”
Following the lunch, Baden-Powell attended a meeting of the Scottish Headquarters Council before proceeding to a demonstration and an evening of entertainment in his honour, performed by Midlothian Boy Scouts in the Synod Hall.
The following day, he rounded off his visit to the capital by attending a military church parade at St Giles’, which was also attended by district Boy Scouts.